Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-25

Yesterday called at the White House and
laid them before the President, who SAID ne
would give them his attention.
Mr.. B. W. Trew, of Westmoreland coun.
to. Va. son.in.law of Mr. James Divine, OF
Ieesburg, in that State, died here last Sun
day, and was buried o-day.
Ex.representative Porter, one of the Vir.
einia congressman during the ever memora.
bic carpet bag times, in that State, is now
living in New York, engaged in the manu-
sacture and sale of some patented lnven'
ton.
Representative Brady, of the Petersburg
district, in Virginia, is in receipt of numer-
GUS letters from different parts of his State
asking him for copies of bis recently printed
speech, and complimenting him for writing
it. Mr.. Brady is not little fattered by
these letters, some of which are from the
most prominent republicans in his State.
The House Committee on the District OF
Columbia to day agreed to report favorably
bill providing for an additional associate
Justice for the court of this city, an add,
tional term Of that court, q reporter for that
court and for the compilation OF the laws OF
the District.
Among the petitions presented iu the
Senate to dav was one by Senator Malone
from John F. Lewis of Virginia "for the
| payment OF my salary as q. S. Senator from
the commencement of my term to the time
it was pad.n The petition was referred to
the committee on elections.
The subcommittee of the House com!
| meyce committee, to which was referred the
hill for changing the Norfolk customs dis
trict, considered that bill this morning and
will report to the full committee on Thurs
day next. The members of the committee
will not indicate the character of the report
they will make
| The decision of the District court in the
aoueduct case Yesterday, if sustained by the
u. S. Supreme Court, will lift the bar from
the 500, 900 of the purchase money OF the
canal now held by the Treasury.
The House Judiciary Committee have the
matter of the extension of the Hawaiian
treaty before them. Judging from the oft re-
peated expressions of the chairman of that
!! committee, Mr.. Tucker, upon the exclusive
privilege of the House to originate revenue
measures, and as this treaty affects the reve-
nue. by admitting sugar free of duty, it is
probable the committee will report in favor
of the adoption of some measure by which
the action of the Senate extending the treaty
may be nullified.
Among those who have accepted invitations to
| attend the Masonic celebration in Fredericksburg
or the 31st inst is sIajor Ben. Perley Poor. The
| Major attended similar celebration there thirty
odd years ago, and was then the guest of the Tay
| loes who lived in that neighborhood.
| large number of the members Of the Woman {
| Suffrage annual convention were in the Senate
gallery to-day expecting to hear Mr.. Blair speak
| in favor of their bill.
As thirty days have expired since the death OF
| Mr. Logan, the Grape on his chair in the Senate
| has been removed, and Mr.. Cullom took posses
| sion of that chair to-day.
| The House Committee on Claims, after short
J advocacy by Mr.. Sener, authorized Hon. G. F.
Trigg to report bacl, the Senate bill for the relief
| recommendation thatit pass. 1t was not developed
that there would be any minority report. Indeed
Messrs Warner and Gallinger rather intimated q
purpose not to oppose the bill in the interest Of
the widow and children.
The House to-day was engaged in the consider
| alton of 4 contested election case. The Senate
took up the bill giving the Indians lands in saw
crafty, and after the morning hour Mr.. Beck will
endeavor to have the bill prohibiting members
of congress from acting as attorneys for subsi
| died railroads taken up.
| large delegation of the national woman s
| temperance association waited upon Mr.. Ingalls,
chairman of the Senate District of Columbia com.
mittee. to-day to urge him TO action on the
memorial upon the immortality of this city, they
| lately presented to the Senate Mr.. ingalls, inform
ed them that the President was the proper person
to whom TO present charges against the commits
sioners Of the District, and that related to tenn
perance, they had better urge the House to pas;
the bill the Senate had already passed on that
| subject.